Ferrari Crew Principal Fred Vasseur admits that “we did not extract one of the best from the automotive” in the course of the Singapore Grand Prix on what was a “mega irritating” weekend for the Scuderia.
Drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton had been solely capable of come away with P6 and P8 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, the latter having suffered extreme brake issues within the closing laps and given a post-race penalty for reducing a number of corners because of the situation.
Vasseur admitted that each drivers had been combating brake overheating from as early as Lap 2 within the 62-lap race, and that consequently their efficiency took successful.
“Very early within the race we requested Charles to do a elevate and coast,” he mentioned. “It is not only a matter of doing a elevate and coast once you’re dropping a bit of bit on the finish of the straight. It is also to search out the appropriate braking level.
“In all of the races that we had been a bit extra, a bit much less, a bit extra, a bit much less, a bit extra on the rear, a bit extra on the entrance. You needed to change the brake stability. On the finish, you lose in all probability extra on the reference for you when you’re driving the automotive than on the pure potential.”
As at earlier races this yr, each Ferrari drivers had proven promising tempo in Friday follow earlier than an underwhelming Qualifying efficiency left them on the backfoot, with Hamilton P6 and Leclerc P7 on the grid in Singapore.
“What’s mega irritating is that the final two weekends we got here in… Baku after which Singapore. Initially of the weekend, the tempo was there,” mentioned Vasseur.
“We did not extract one of the best from the automotive, I feel, truthfully. We’re doing 29.7s in Q1 yesterday and 29.7s in Q3. We’re struggling on the finish of all of the races to not be on the again foot.
“For the staff, it is mega irritating. The staff and drivers are for all of us, as a result of we’re not pushing [because of the brakes]. On the finish of the day, we’re placing a lot effort to be there, that when you must do all of the races on the backfoot, it isn’t good.”
Hamilton was capable of achieve the quickest lap of the race within the closing phases having made a second pit cease for contemporary delicate tyres and was chasing Antonelli down for P5 earlier than his main brake issues.
“It is a pretend quickest lap for me. We’re not in the identical scenario. What I can say is that when he was pushing, the tempo was there,” added Vasseur.
“The hole with the vehicles in entrance of him was coherent with the delta that you’ve got on the tyres. However nothing greater than this. It is also irritating for us, as a result of we had the sensation that after we did three laps in a row with out saving, that the tempo was not dangerous.”
